AIMC to write to Modi, other leaders to halt installation of gate near Gyanvapi entrance
Hindustan TimesVARANASI: The Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee, which manages the Gyanvapi mosque, will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Chandauli MP Virendra Singh, and other MPs, seeking their intervention against the installation of a temporary gate by the Kashi Vishwanath temple administration near the entrance of the Gyanvapi mosque complex near gate number 4. All members and office-bearers of the AIMC strongly objected to the gate being installed by the Kashi Vishwanath temple administration on way to the Gyanvapi mosque near gate number 4. Hindu and Muslim devotees use gate number 4 to access the Kashi Vishwanath temple and the Gyanvapi mosque, respectively. Meanwhile, chief executive officer of Kashi Vishwanath temple, Vishwa Bhushan Mishra, said that the decision to install the gate in the temple area was made based on the security committee’s proposal for crowd management.